Director Of Life Enrichment

Full-Time

Salary Range $62,500 - $68,000 Annually depending on experience

Position Title: Director of Life Enrichment

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Life Enrichment

Supervisor Title: Assistant Executive Director / Administrator- Keystone Center

Plans, and directs activities that enhances the resident's quality of life and enhances their source of well-being through therapeutic programs that provide physical, social, educational, creative, cultural, religious and fraternal activities based on residents' interest and needs. Programming shall also provide pleasure, comfort, success and independence and help to enhance each resident's self-esteem and dignity.

Masonic Village at Burlington fully embraces a culture of hospitality. To that end, we include the following hospitality promises in all our job descriptions.

Hospitality Promises

• We greet residents, employees and guests warmly, by name and with a smile.

• We treat everyone with courteous respect.

• We strive to anticipate resident, employee and guest needs and act accordingly.

• We listen and respond enthusiastically in a timely manner.

• We hold ourselves and one another accountable.

• We embrace and value our differences.

• We make residents, employees and guests feel important.

• We ask, “Is there anything else I can do for you?”

• We maintain high levels of professionalism, both in conduct and appearance, at all times.

• We pay attention to details.

Responsible for the direction, provision, implementation and quality resident engagement opportunities. Promotes and educates department team on a "person center care/activities" philosophy.

Oversee resident desires, goals and objectives, plan of care, therapeutic treatments and necessary documentation.

Responsible for budget planning and departmental expenditures.

Coordinates, integrates, and communicates the resident activities services with other Department teams as necessary in the community to provide a continuum of care for the resident.

Provides, as requested, monthly schedules, periodic reports showing progress, Quality Assurance/Process Improvement plans, analysis of resident engagement opportunities and projected plans to support resident engagement desires.

Communicates with residents and their POA's as necessary about resident engagement.

Ensures team members and residents have appropriate supplies, equipment in working order as necessary to promote an engaged lifestyle of those served.

Ensures Resident Councils are supported as needed.

Ensures that department payroll is completed and processed timely.

Ensures appropriate team member support of resident engagement opportunities - including scheduling of activity team members.

Maintains petty cash distribution.

Ensures appropriate scheduling of rooms and events (i.e. Fellowship Center, Grow Memorial Hall and Chapel).

Communicates Activity Department vehicle repairs with maintenance and coordinates vehicles to be serviced.

Maintains a current resource file.

Completes paperwork for liquor license for events as needed.

• Prepares articles for Masonic Village newsletters as requested (Family Matters, In the Loop)
Maintains CDL and operates Masonic Village vehicles as required.

Holds membership and participates in local, state and national Activities organizations within one year of employment.

Performs specific work duties and responsibilities as assigned by supervisor.

At least three years’ experience in geriatrics, recreation or social administration.

Computer skills necessary as well as excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Degree in recreational therapy and/or Activity Director Certification.

Maintains certification by NCCAP or NCTRC.

Must have valid driver’s license.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; talk or hear and taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds.

Ability to read and write in English.

• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.